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Chris Dixon on Why Companies Fail, The State of Venture Capital, Artificial Intelligence

“We think of ourselves the way that maybe a law firm or a talent agency or someone would where our first job is to provide services for the entrepreneur. Our secondary job is to pick the right company.”

This is the fifth episode of The Knowledge Project, our podcast aimed at acquiring wisdom through interviews with fascinating people to gain insights into how they think, live, and connect ideas.

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On this episode, I have Chris Dixon.

Chris is a partner at perhaps the most famous venture capital firm in the world, Andreessen Horowitz or commonly known as a16z.

We talk about the history of venture capital, why companies fail, the future of artificial intelligence and the Idea Maze. I hope you like this interview as much as I did.